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共用题干 The Value of MotherhoodIn shopping

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问题 共用题干The Value of Motherhood
In shopping malls,the assistants try to push you into buying“a gift to thank her for her unselfish love”.When you log onto a website,a small popo-up invites you to book a bouquet for her.Commercial warmth and gratitude are the atmosphere being spread around for this special Sunday in May.
______(1)The popularity of Mother's Day around the world suggests that Jarvis got all she wanted.In fact,she got more一enough to make her horrified.
______(2)They buy,among other things,132 million cards.Mother's Day is the No 1 holiday for flower purchases.Then there are the various commodities,ranging from jewelry and clothes to cosmetics and washing powder,that take advantage of the promotion opportu-nities.Because of this,Jarvis spent the last 40 years of her life trying to stop Mother's Day.One protest against the commercialization of Mother's Day even got her arrested一for distur-bing the peace,interestingly.
______(3)As Ralph Fevre,a reporter at the UK newspaper The Guardian,observe, traditionally“motherhood is something that we do because we think it's right.”But in the logic of commercialism,people need something in exchange for their time and energy.A career serves this purpose better.
______(4)So they work hard and play hard.Becoming a mother,however,inevitably handicaps career anticipation.
______(5)According to The Guardian,there are twice as many child-free young women as there were a generation ago.Or,they put off the responsibility of parenting until later in their lives.
So,Fevre writes that the meaning of celebrating Mother's Day needs to be updated:“It is to persuade people that parenting is a good idea and to honor people for their attempt to be good people.”_______(4)A:The American version of Mother's Day was thought up as early as 1905,by Anna Jarvis,as a way of recognizing the real value of motherhood.B:But what's more,commercialism changes young people's attitude towards mother-hood.C:Obviously,the best gift will be a phone call or a visit.D:According to a research by the US card company Hallmark,96 percent of American consumers celebrate the holiday.E:As a result,motherhood has suffered a huge drop in status since the 1950s.F:In addition,women are being encouraged to pursue any career they desire.
选项 _______(4)
A:The American version of Mother's Day was thought up as early as 1905,by Anna Jarvis,as a way of recognizing the real value of motherhood.
B:But what's more,commercialism changes young people's attitude towards mother-hood.
C:Obviously,the best gift will be a phone call or a visit.
D:According to a research by the US card company Hallmark,96 percent of American consumers celebrate the holiday.
E:As a result,motherhood has suffered a huge drop in status since the 1950s.
F:In addition,women are being encouraged to pursue any career they desire.
答案 F
解析 这篇文章的出题很特殊：所有的空格均为段首句。段首句常常可能是观点句或概括句或承上启下句等，所以解题时可能需要关注空格所在段落的意义，甚至可能需要关注空格所在段落与上一段之间的意义关系。空格所在段落中出现了特征词Jarvis，这是某个人的姓，由此推断出前文中一定会出现这个人的全名。第一段中没有出现Jarvis这个人的全名，因此只好是空格处出现这个人的全名了，因此A是答案。提示：如果文章中出现了某个人不完整的名字，则前文中一定有关于这个人的介绍，也一定会涉及到这个人的全名。
空格后句中出现了人称代词they，根据该句句意判断they指“购买者/消费者”。由此判断空格前句中一定会出现与该代词呼应的代词或其指代的名词，因此选项中只有B（出现了young people/年轻人）,D（出现了American consumers/美国消费者）和F（出现了women/妇女）可能是答案。空格后句中提到了caras“贺卡”，而D中也出现了card，因此D 是答案。
空格后句中出现了commercialism“商业主义”和motherhood“母亲身份”，而选项B中正好出现了这两个词，因此B项可能是答案。其实第三段的主要内容是进一步讲述表现在母亲节中的商业主义以及人们抗议母亲节中的商业主义，包括Anna Jarvis个人所做的努力。从内容上看，第四段是讲由于商业主义的影响人们对母亲身份的认识，也即为母之道发生了变化。选项B是合适的，它是该段的主题句。
空格后句中出现了人称代词they,而且从句意上看they指代人，因此空格处应该出现代词they，或they指代的名词。因此只有F（出现了women/妇女）可能是答案。其实第五段是对第四段主题的进一步发展，因此答案是F。
空格后句意为“据《守卫者》报道，当今没有孩子的年轻女性是上一代人的两倍”。现在只剩下两个选项C“很明显，最好的礼物是打个电话或上门拜访”和E“结果，从20 世纪50年代以来，为母之道急剧滑落”，显然E出现在空格中合适：E是观点，空格后的句子在围绕E提出的观点进行解释。
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